Research Blog

The writing process for drafing the introduction to my paper was by far the most stressful thing I have had to do in this process. I had intitally revised my outline to try and get a better understanding on how my paper should go, eventually I just went for m introduction. Doing this assignment in sections is nice, but it also make me struggle because I have NEVER broken a paper down like this. It has always been you come up with an idea and write you paper and get whatever feedback you get. I learned that I prefer my sources to be on actual paper rather than the computer. When reading over the information in my sources, when they are on actual paper I feel more comfortable highlighting and making notes. Plus, it gets me away from the computer for a bit since I am on one all day at work. Something I found that was interesting about my topic was that due to the existence of ceremonial in connection with the infliction of the tribal mark, the marking is seen as a social process. (Hambly,...

For this outline assignment I learned the importance of making sure you put things in chronological order. I honestly have NEVER done an outline like this before, ever. It was super helpful. I can already tell a difference in the writing process just by following the process that was given to me. I believe that the biggest part of all of these assignments is organization. I have a binder that holds the assignments and I print off each of my papers after I am finished and I attach the feedback. I think this has been helpful in keeping each section organized as well as paying attention to what I need to work on for the future. I just have to make sure I take the time I read it. I am still overall content with the topic I chose. I was worried that when it came to diving further into the history of tattoos I would lose all interst.